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Table 5 MWCNTs used in this study

From: Comparative carcinogenicity study of a thick, straight-type and a thin, tangled-type multi-walled carbon nanotube administered by intra-tracheal instillation in the rat

 

Length

Diameter

Iron Content

MWCNT-A

Airborne

5.46 ± 3.15 μm

163 ± 63 nm

0.001%

MWCNT-A

Vehicle

6.39 ± 3.07 μm

150 ± 43 nm

MWCNT-B

Airborne

5.11 ± 3.77 μma

19.1 ± 5.2

1.1%

MWCNT-B

Vehicle

1.04 ± 0.71 μma

7.4 ± 2.7 nm

  1. aThe length of individual MWCNT-B fibers could not be measured. The lengths shown are the lengths of MWCNT-B agglomerates
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology

ISSN: 1743-8977

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